Drozdova S. The concept "Рower" in Modern Russian Political Discourse.

Object is the political discourse. The aims is the complex research of the concept "power" represented by political lexicon. Methods - linguistic description, component analysis, conceptual analysis, distributive analysis, linguistic modeling. One of the dominant concepts of modern Russian political discourse - the concept "power" is considered in this thesis. The communicative characteristics of the concept is given from the point of view of its functional and pragmatic approach. The structure of the concept is worked out with the help of the theory of field, conceptual zones "power-system" "power - influence" are pointed out. The conceptual-semantic space of the key-word "power" is defined, its lexical represetants with ideological component are described. The conceptual analysis of the zones pointed out allows to define the interpretive conceptual signs of subject and its activity. Language and stylistic means representing the concept "power" realize the pragmatic maxims, the main intention of whichis the struggle for power. Sphere of use is training courses.